. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . nd w hen he thinks his weary ramble finds (alas!) he has but ]ujl ftill, in Droves, the blinded Rabble cne of thoufands heeps or finds the way. O that my ways direfled were by Thee,From the deceits of baneful Error free fTill all my motion, like a Darfs, becameSwift as its fi^ht, unerring as its aim, G 3 Thit (85) Tliat where thy Laws require me to obey, I may not loiter^ nor tniftake the way. Then be Thou, Lord, the Bow^ thy Law the Hloite^ And / the Arrow deftin d f
. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . nd w hen he thinks his weary ramble finds (alas!) he has but ]ujl ftill, in Droves, the blinded Rabble cne of thoufands heeps or finds the way. O that my ways direfled were by Thee,From the deceits of baneful Error free fTill all my motion, like a Darfs, becameSwift as its fi^ht, unerring as its aim, G 3 Thit (85) Tliat where thy Laws require me to obey, I may not loiter^ nor tniftake the way. Then be Thou, Lord, the Bow^ thy Law the Hloite^ And / the Arrow deftin d for the flight: And when thourt pleasd to fhew thy greateft skill. Make me t\\QpHJhd Shaft t obey thy Will. Aug, (87) Aug. Soliloq. cap. 4* 0 Lord^ who arP the Light, the Wny, theTfufhj and the Life; in whom there isno Darkne/^ Error, Vanity, or DeathsSay the word, 0 Lord, let there he Lightsthat I may fee the Light, and fhtin theDarkneji; that I may find the right way^and avoid the wrong ; that I may followTruth, and fie from Vanity; that I mayobtain Life, and efcape Death. III. 0 hol^ (88). (7. /lO^/d. l/t^t ^J 771V iieifl^J 27t l/ll (89) III. 0 hold thou uf my going in thy pathsy thatmy footfiefs pf not^ 5. s O oft will me my faithlefs Feet often {tumble in fo plain a way ?O thou, who all our fteps from Heav n doft fee,O hold me up, dear Lord, who lean on Thee! The Stork inftru6ls her timorous young to ftray,In hidden tracks through Hca^ wide pathleli way:Till the apt Brood, by bold Example the daring Flight they usdto dread. Tlie Eagles teadi their unfledgd young to fly,Around th untroden Regions of the for their Aid they now no longer care;Butfeailels row, with featherd Fins, thro Seas of Boys, w^hen firfl they venture Streams unknown,On fpungy Corks light weight, fupport their ow^n:Till more improved, tliey thtitfirfi help throw now alone the FKoods to try. And (90 And tho awliile, eer they have pra^llsd been,
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